BXBX NOVEL Chapter 76 - 76: 76. Earned over three million spiritual energy coins! 1
Three seconds may seem momentary, but for warriors fighting for their lives, it’s the difference between life and death.
With the last dredges of her strength, Tina lunges forward, her spear tip piercing through the air with a high-pitched shriek aimed at Swirl’s abdomen.
Swirl instinctively tries to lift her spear to parry.
But to her astonishment, she found herself out of control, unable to lift even a pinky finger!
Thud!
The spear impales Swirl’s abdomen, her substantial inertia carrying her through the air and eventually being pinned to the ground by Tina.
Swirl’s Unicorn mount, unprepared for this sudden turn of events, lets out a terrified neigh.
It rushes to cast [Healing Skill] on Swirl while trying to attack Tina with its sharp horn.
But it’s useless.
Tina pulls her spear from Swirl’s body and drives it through the Unicorn’s chest with a “Spinning Spear” attack.
Then the spear tip draws a graceful arc in mid-air, finally stopping just a few centimeters away from Swirl’s neck.
“1…1 concede.”
Facing the threat of death, Swirl could only admit defeat.
Despite being unclear why she could not move earlier, an arena rule holds: only the ones who survive are the winners, regardless of the tactics used.
Around the grand arena, in the spectators’ seats.
In the face of this unexpected turn of events, all the spectators were stunned into silence.
Suddenly, a booming roar of anger rose from the audience:
“It must be a fixed match, right?”
“Why didn’t the Unicorn Knightess dodge or block? She stood there like an idiot and got stabbed!”
“I smell a rat! This gambling session does not count!”
The villagers who had cheered for Tina just a moment ago immediately turned hostile, standing up and swearing loudly.
After all, supporting Tina verbally was merely a show of their noble spirit, but when it came to betting, no one wanted their interests to suffer.
On the observation deck, the high-ranking officials of the Unicorn Knights were also surprised, standing up and staring at Tina below in disbelief.
They were profoundly shocked by Tina’s sudden turnaround and also mourned for their pocket money.
Many of them had bet on Swirl, and now that she faltered, their pocket money simply went down the drain.
But these officials were of too low rank, and none noticed that the [Village Chief’s Best Sword] was causing the turnaround. They could only attribute Swirl’s failure to her carelessness, ruing their misfortune.
Meanwhile, Su Yu cheerfully went to the place where the bets were being taken outside the arena.
The village chief’s power is immense, which is evident from the fact that he withstood the breath of the Star-forged Dragon King and the princess gave him much importance.
If the village chief is powerful, then his sword mustn’t be ordinary.
The village chief once told Su Yu, “With it, I did not lose a single match in ten years!”
Switching it over onto Tina, she would not lose holding the village chief’s sword either.
This insight allows Su Yu to strike it rich in the bet!
The one responsible for the betting table was a goblin entrepreneur named Veena Blackgold.
Watching Su Yu approach, his face went pale.
Su Yu walked up to Veena Blackgold and grinned at him, “I bet one million spiritual energy coins on Tina’s victory. According to the odds, I should have won 3.6 million. Am I right?”
“Ah, such hard luck!” Veena Blackgold, ultimately dispirited, took out a black Magic Crystal Card and handed it to Su Yu:
“I was planning to go back home to get married after running this betting pool, and I didn’t expect not to make any money, instead having to pay you hundreds of thousands of coins! Young man, are you sent to punish me by the
God of Goblins?”
Su Yu ignored him, took the black Magic Crystal Card and looked at it.
The Black Magic Crystal Card is a pure black card made of Magic Crystal, displaying a white figure – “3-34 million”. (The missing 260,000 are the deductions and taxes.)
Su Yu can see the properties of the Magic Crystal Card via the [Insight] spell:
[Black Magic Crystal Card]
Special Item
Spiritual Energy Coin Storage Limit: 3.34 million/100 million
Note: Backed by Goblin Bank, universally accepted!
Su Yu attached the Black Magic Crystal Card to his bag, and suddenly, his bag was richer by 3-34 million Spiritual Energy coins!
“It’s easier to earn from NPCs! Unlike Emperor Blood Slays the Sky, that poor sod, sold [Fatal Strike] Scroll for just over eight thousand Spiritual Energy Coins.” Su Yu thought cheerfully.
Recently, he had spent 150,000 Spiritual Energy Coins upgrading skills and the [Village Chief’s Staff], but now he had made his money back in one go, and even had some surplus Spiritual Energy Coins in his bag.
He glanced at his bag, seeing the Spiritual Energy Coins amounted to 7,381,926,502.
Su Yu was feeling terrific, and with a smile, he asked Veena Blackgold, “I’m satisfied with the proceeds this time. Will you be running a betting service like this in the future? When will the next betting session start?”
“There won’t be a next time!” Veena Blackgold, looking disgruntled, pulled the curtain down in front of him, separating himself from Su Yu.
Su Yu didn’t say anything; he went back to the arena happily.
As for Veena Blackgold’s black Magic Crystal Card, since he didn’t say he wanted it back, Su Yu didn’t hesitate to take it.
After all, such top-tier Magic Crystal Cards that can store up to a hundred million Spiritual Energy Coins are rare! If sold, they could easily fetch at least ten thousand Spiritual Energy Coins, a valuable asset.
Moving through the angry crowd, Su Yu spotted Tina, half-kneeling in the center of the grand arena.
Tina was severely injured, with her lifeblood seeping out, staining the ground red.
Nearby only a single priest was casting [Healing Skill] on her, just barely keeping her injuries in check;
As for Dima.
Badly injured, Dima was gasping near death in a pool of blood.
Su Yu didn’t want Dima to die.
He quickly ran up to the viewer stands, where the [Temple of Light] faction had gathered.
The [Temple of Light] is the top faction in the country, consisting mostly of Holy Knights and priests.
At the moment, these Holy Knights and priests were discussing how much they’ve lost, until Su Yu arrived.
Upon reaching the stands, Su Yu loudly appealed to the priests, “Respected priests, could you please help heal the little mare below? She is on the brink of death!”
The priests turned their heads to look at Su Yu.
After spotting the [Advanced Scholar’s Badge] on Su Yu, they all showed contemptuous expressions:
“An advanced scholar? A heretic without faith?”
“You scholars are only seeking knowledge, right? Then use your knowledge to save it.”
“We are priests of stature; how could we save an animal?”
“Exceptionally true! That beast cost me a lot of money, it deserves to die!” The priests cursed, none of them willing to help.
To them, faithless scholars were even more disgusting than heretics.
However, Su Yu slightly smiled.
He took out the black Magic Crystal Card, and deposited 100,000 onto it.
Then, holding up the card high, he showed the figure to the group of priests, “Help me heal that little mare, 10,000 Spiritual Energy Coins for each person!”
“I need ten priests.. Who’s in?”